![]() Rebekah Tyson also performs in "Ain't Misbehavin'" and plays the lead of Deloris Van Cartier in "Sister Act." Gamble also directs and choreographs "Ain't Misbehavin.'" While Rion directs "Sister Act," Taavon Gamble choreographs the show's dance moves. And PSST! has a history of selling out performances in the days and weeks closer to the closing of a season. He added tickets sales are already brisk for all three shows. Rion said audiences will want to make reservations early to see "Sister Act." PSST! will only perform it 10 times in the coming weeks and two of those performances are this weekend. Now, with the opening of "Sister Act," all three shows will be presented in rotating repertory through July 23. "Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show" opened last week. Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella," also directed by Rion, premiered three weeks ago. “NO LIMITS, NO REFUNDS” Documentary Wins Top Prize At The F.V.S."Sister Act" marks the third and final production to premiere in the 2022 season. ![]() Music, Office of the Dean Post navigation Butler is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performing artist. He has toured, recorded, and performed with many of the country’s leading jazz orchestras including Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Mingus Big Band, Glenn Miller, Birdland Big Band, Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, and the Jimmy Heath Orchestra. While in NYC, he was a frequent performer on numerous Broadway shows and many other prestigious musical performances. Butler has been the conductor of the UMES Wind Ensemble, HBCU Trombone Choir, Associate Conductor of the Brighton Symphony, and Eastman Trombone Choir and Brass Guild. His students have gone on to perform, teach and study at graduate schools such as Indiana University, Berklee, UNI, Rutgers, Eastman, University of Memphis, Towson University, and Montclair State.Īs a conductor, Dr. He has also taught at the Eastman School of Music, Juilliard School of Music MAP, and Rutgers University. Butler was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Trombone at Jackson State University where he taught trombone, conducted the University Brass Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and taught Graduate Music History. He served as the Director of Bands and music program coordinator at The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Director of Jazz Studies and Low Brass at the University of Mary. ![]() He was the Music Department Chair at North Carolina Central University and Professor of Trombone from 2017-2021. Currently, he is the Music Department Head at Valdosta State University. ![]() ![]() In addition to orchestras and jazz ensembles, he has played trombone and tuba for eight NYC Broadway productions. As well as being a founding member of the Gateways Brass Collective, he has also played all four chairs in the world-famous Count Basie Orchestra and with many of NYC’s top jazz ensembles. Butler has obtained multiple degrees in trombone performance from the Eastman School of Music (BM and MM) and Rutgers University (DMA). Isrea Butler has been appointed Head of the Department of Music at Valdosta State University.ĭr. ![]()
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